Netra CT 820 Server Installation Guide

The following procedure describes how to install the Solaris 8 2/02 operating environment onto the Netra CP2300 cPSB board using Operating Environment Installation DVD for Use with Solaris 8 2/02 Operating Environment; Only for Netra CP2300, Netra CT 820 (708-0042-11) DVD which is referred to as the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD in this manual. Future supported Solaris operating environment versions will require different installation instructions and may or may not require an installation DVD.

This document contains the following sections:

• Preparing for the Solaris Operating Environment Installation
• About the Installation DVD
• Installing the Solaris Operating Environment on an IDE Disk Drive
• Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating Environment
• Installing Diskless Clients

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Preparing for the Solaris Operating Environment Installation

Before installing the Solaris operating environment, see TABLE 6-1 for a list of the installation requirements.

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About the Installation DVD

The Netra CP2300 Installation DVD (sometimes referred to as the installation DVD in this document), must only be used when installing the Solaris 8 2/02 operating environment on Netra CP2300 boards. By using this installation DVD and the Solaris Media Kit, you will install the Solaris operating environment as well as the packages and patches needed to support the Netra CP2300 cPSB board.

Caution - Do not use the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD to install the Solaris software on any platform other than the Netra CP2300 board.

Caution - You must use the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD to begin the Solaris operating environment installation on Netra CP2300 cPSB boards. Do not start the installation using the Solaris DVD or any of the CDs that shipped with the Solaris 8 2/02 Media Kit.

For more specific details about installing the Solaris operating environment, refer to the Solaris 8 Installation Guide (806-0955) and the Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide (806-0957). These shipped in your Solaris Media Kit and can be viewed on the Solaris documentation web site:

http://docs.sun.com/

• If you are installing Solaris on a PMC disk or a hard drive connected to the Netra CP2300 board, go to Installing the Solaris Operating Environment on an IDE Disk Drive.
• If you are creating a patched network installation image, which would be needed for diskless clients, go to Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating Environment.

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Installing the Solaris Operating Environment on an IDE Disk Drive

The following procedures describe how to install the Solaris operating environment on either a PMC disk or an IDE drive attached to the Netra CP2300 transition card's EIDE connector.

Before installing the Solaris operating environment on an IDE drive:

• Use the proper UATA-100 cables to connect the DVD-ROM and disk drives (see Preparing for the Solaris Operating Environment Installation for more information).
• Set the DIP switches correctly (refer to the Netra CP2300 cPSB Board Installation and Technical Reference Manual (816-7186) for more information).
• Set the DVD-ROM IDE drive as slave and the IDE disk drive as master if they are both connected on the same IDE controller. (For example, if they are both connected to the Netra CP2300 transition card's EIDE connector.)
• Have a copy of the Solaris 8 2/02 Solaris Media Kit and the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD.
• Prepare answers to the Solaris installation questions (see Preparing for the Solaris Operating Environment Installation for more information).

See Preparing for the Solaris Operating Environment Installation for additional requirements.

Caution - This procedure overwrites existing contents on the hard drive(s). Back up all vital data and software before beginning the Solaris installation.

1. Place the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD in a DVD-ROM drive accessible to the Netra CP2300 board.

2. Halt the system in one of the following ways:

• For new installs:

Power on and wait for the OpenBoot PROM bringup. At the ok prompt, skip to Step 3.

• For systems running the Solaris operating environment:

When upgrading the Solaris software, the system should be halted gracefully in order to leave existing file systems in a consistent state.

An orderly shutdown may be performed by becoming superuser (also known as root) and using the halt, init 0, or shutdown commands. See the halt(1M), init(1M) and shutdown(1M) man pages for details.

You should now be at the OpenBoot PROM ok prompt.

3. To boot the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD, you must use the boot command and the complete device path to the DVD-ROM device at the ok prompt.

If you do not know the complete DVD-ROM device path, use the OpenBoot PROM probe-ide-all and devalias commands to find the DVD-ROM device path.

CODE EXAMPLE 2 shows example probe-ide-all command output. The
probe-ide-all command lists the internal and external IDE devices connected to the Netra CP2300 board's IDE interface. In this example, the probe-ide-all command shows that the DVD-ROM drive is connected to the IDE interface as the primary slave device. Note that if you have a PMC disk installed in the Netra CP2300 board, you may see different output from that shown below.

ok probe-ide-all

/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d

  Device 0  ( Primary Master ) 

         ATA Model: ST340016A

  Device 1  ( Primary Slave ) 

         Removable ATAPI Model: LITEON  DVD-ROM LTD163

  Device 2  ( Secondary Master ) 

         Not Present

  Device 3  ( Secondary Slave ) 

         Not Present

CODE EXAMPLE 3 shows example devalias cdrom command output.

ok devalias cdrom

cdrom                    /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f

The devalias cdrom command output lists the complete path to the DVD-ROM drive's cdrom device. This output is misleading, however, since the
probe-ide-all command lists the DVD-ROM drive as a slave device.

The preceding code examples show the full path to the IDE interface to be:

/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d/

If the cdrom@x,0:f device name depends on whether the drive was connected as a master or a slave IDE device:

• Master device: cdrom@0,0:f
• Slave device: cdrom@1,0:f

In the above examples, the DVD-ROM drive is connected as a slave device, so the full device path to the DVD-ROM drive is:

/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d/cdrom@1,0:f

To boot the Installation DVD in this example, you would type:

ok boot /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d/cdrom@1,0:f

The Installation DVD will boot and the Solaris mini-os (mini-root) will be loaded into the system memory.

4. After a few minutes, you are asked to select the language you want to use while running the installer. Type the appropriate number for your choice of language.

5. Answer the installation questions when prompted.

The installation DVD loads an installation mini-os software (mini-root) temporarily on one of the disk partitions (usually the swap partition). Near the start of the installation process, you are asked to select the disk where the mini-root software will be loaded.

Caution - The installer overwrites the existing contents on the hard disk. Before beginning Solaris installation, back up all needed data and software.

The length of time that it takes for the mini-root to load depends on what you answered in the menus and on the speed of your system. When the mini-root installation is complete, the system automatically boots from the mini-root.

6. Respond to the questions in the Web Start Solaris command-line interface.

You may be asked to supply the following system information:

• Network connectivity (standalone)
• DHCP
• Host name
• IP address
• Net mask (255.255.255.0 is the default)
• IPv6
• Default router
• Kerberos
• Time zone
• Name service (NIS+, NIS, DNS, LDAP or None)
• Domain name
• Name server
• Date and time
• Root password

7. Review the Confirm Information screen to make sure that all the installation information is correct.

When making changes by way of a dumb terminal interface use the arrow buttons to select your choice. Press the Return key to place a mark in your chosen field. Press the F2 key or ESC-2 keys to confirm your choices.

The Solaris Web Start installation program begins.

8. Respond to the questions displayed in the Web Start installation program.

Set the following preferences before continuing with the installation:

• Reboot automatically (AutoBoot) after the software installation
• Eject the CD/DVD (AutoEject) after the software installation
• Solaris Installation Media (select CD/DVD)

The installation DVD will then eject from the DVD-ROM drive.

9. When prompted, insert the Solaris 8 2/02 DVD or the Solaris 8 2/02 Software 1 of 2 CD into your drive, and select OK.

10. Respond to the questions presented by the Web Start installation program.

The questions may cover the following areas:

• Upgrade or initial installation (select initial)
• Default or custom installation (select custom)

Caution - You must select the custom installation option or the Netra CP2300 software installation will fail.

• Language and locale of the software to be installed. (The language you choose here can be different from the choice you may have made earlier in Step 4)

11. Select the correct products to install.

After you have selected the language and locale of the software, the following screen will appear, with these options set by default:

Select the products you would like to install.

 [X]  0  Solaris 8 Documentation European    167.1 MB

 [X]  1  Solaris 8 Documentation Asian    0.0 MB

 [ ]  2  Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2    0.0 MB

 [-]  3  Multilingual Computer Systems Supplement CD    249.3 MB

 [ ]  4  Netra Supplement    0.0 MB

a. Deselect item 3, Multilingual Computer Systems Supplement CD, by entering 3 once to select it, then entering 3 again to deselect the option.

After you have deselected item 3, Multilingual Computer Systems Supplement CD, you should see the following screen:

Select the products you would like to install.

 [X]  0  Solaris 8 Documentation European    167.1 MB

 [X]  1  Solaris 8 Documentation Asian    0.0 MB

 [ ]  2  Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2    0.0 MB

 [ ]  3  Multilingual Computer Systems Supplement CD    249.3 MB

 [ ]  4  Netra Supplement    0.0 MB

b. Enter 4 to select the Netra Supplement option.

The following screen appears:

Select which product components to install with the system. 

Components marked with an [X] will be installed.

 [ ]  4    Netra Supplement    0.0 MB

 [ ]  4.0  Netra ct Platform 3.0   18.9 MB

c. Select 4.0 (Netra ct Platform 3.0).

d. Select n to complete the product installation portion of the software installation.

12. Make the appropriate choices in the remaining screens.

• Choose to install additional CDs from the Media Kit (select Products screen), if necessary.
• Choose to install additional software from another product CD or DVD, a Kiosk download, or over the net.
• Select the 64-bit support selection.

Caution - You must select to install the 64-bit support. The Solaris 64-bit kernel is the only one supported on Netra CP2300 boards. Do not choose to install the 32-bit kernel only.

13. When asked to select among the available Solaris software groups, you must select 1 (Entire Group Plus OEM):

Available Solaris Software groups:

1. Entire Group Plus OEM (1048.9 MB)

2. Entire Group (1015.7 MB)

3. Developer Group (977.6 MB)

4. End User Group (629.0 MB)

5. Core Group (221.7 MB)

   Select the number corresponding to the desired Solaris software group [2]: 1

The Entire Solaris Software Group Plus OEM Support consists of the Entire 

Solaris Software Group plus additional hardware drivers, including drivers for

hardware not present at the time of installation.

14. After selecting the Entire Group Plus OEM group, select 1 to install the default packages.

1. Default Packages

2. Custom Packages

   Default Packages or Custom Packages [1] 1

15. Continue responding to the Web Start installation questions.

• Select the disk you want to install the disk selection
• Select whether you want to preserve existing data
• Preserve or modify the disk partition table

16. When prompted, verify that the software listed by the Web Start installation program is correct, and type y to install the software.

  Enter `y` to accept these values and start the installation, or `n` to 

  return to the beginning and make changes (y/n): y

17. Wait for the Solaris 8 2/02 DVD or Solaris 8 2/02 Software 1 of 2 CD to complete the installation.

This could take an hour or more, depending on the software you chose to install and the speed of your system. If you are using the Solaris CDs for the installation, you may be prompted to insert the Solaris 8 2/02 Software 2 of 2 CD and continue the installation.

18. When the installation completes, select Done at the Installation details screen.

The installation program automatically installs the required Netra CP2300 board software packages and patches.

Launching installer. Please wait...

Installing Additional Software

|-1%---------------25%---------------50%---------------75%---------------100%|

19. After the Netra CP2300 board software is installed, select Done to continue the Solaris installation.

The system reboot. If you chose to eject the DVD or CD at the end of the installation, the DVD or CD is ejected and the Web Start application starts.

After you have completed the software installation from the Solaris CDs or DVD, you see the following screen:

Please specify the media from which you will install Netra Supplement.

Alternatively, choose the selection for "Skip" to skip this disc and go on to

the next one.

Media:

1. CD/DVD

2. Network File System

3. Skip

   Media [1]: 

20. Place the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD in the DVD-ROM drive again, and select 1 (CD/DVD) to install the remaining supplemental software from that DVD.

21. When the last CD has finished installing the remaining supplemental Netra CP2300 software, select to reboot the system.

The system automatically installs the patches from the DVD and boots using the Solaris release that you just installed.

22. Download and install additional patches.

Refer to the Netra CT 820 Server Release Notes (817-2646) for the latest information on the patches available for the Netra CT 820 server. The document can be downloaded from the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/

Follow the instructions in the "Applying Patches to a Boot Disk" section of the Netra CT 820 Server Release Notes (817-2646) to download and install the patches.

23. After the patches are installed, reboot the CP23000 cPSB board.

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Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating Environment

The following procedures describe how to create a network installation server. Before creating a patched network installation server, see Preparing for the Solaris Operating Environment Installation for installation requirements.

Creating a network installation image using the Solaris 8 2/02 DVD is not supported at this time; you must use the Solaris CDs to create a network installation image instead. Go to To Create a Network Installation Image Using the Solaris 8 2/02 CDs for those instructions.

1. Become superuser.

2. Insert the Solaris 8 2/02 Software 1 of 2 CD in a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.

3. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 8 2/02 CD 1 of 2.

# cd /cdrom/sol_8_202_sparc/s0/Solaris_8/Tools/

4. Run the setup_install_server script to create an install image on the server:

# ./setup_install_server image_directory

Replace image_directory with the directory on the server where you want to create the Solaris 8 2/02 installation image.

5. Change directories to the root directory.

# cd /

6. Eject the Solaris 8 2/02 Software 1 of 2 CD.

# eject cdrom

7. Insert the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD in a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.

8. Change directories to the Tools directory on the Solaris 8 2/02 CD 2 of 2.

# cd /cdrom/sol_8_202_sparc_2/Solaris_8/Tools/

9. Run the add_to_install_server script to add the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD software to the install image:

# ./add_to_install_server image_directory

Replace image_directory with the Solaris 8 2/02 install image directory.

10. Change directories to the root directory of the CD.

# cd /

11. Eject the Solaris 8 2/02 Software 2 of 2 CD.

# eject cdrom

12. Insert the installation DVD into a DVD-ROM drive accessible to the installation server.

13. Change directories to the /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0 directory.

# cd /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0

14. Run the following script to patch the install image:

# ./modify_install_server.cp2300 -d image_directory

Replace image_directory with the Solaris 8 2/02 installation image directory.

15. Prepare a space for the additional system-specific packages.

You manually apply these system-specific packages later on in this procedure.

a. Create a directory to hold the additional system-specific packages:

# mkdir package_directory

Where package_directory is the name of the directory that you are creating to hold these additional system-specific packages.

b. Enter in the following commands to copy the system-specific packages to the directory you just created:

# cd /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0/Netra_Supplement/Netra_ct_Platform_3.0/Product

# tar cvf -  ./* | ( cd package_directory ; tar xvf - )

# echo "share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 package_directory" >> /etc/dfs/dfstab

Where package_directory is the name of the directory that you created to hold these additional system-specific packages.

16. Continue to perform the standard Solaris network installation procedure.

17. Once you have completed the standard Solaris network installation procedure, login as superuser on diskfull node on which you just installed Solaris.

18. Manually apply the following packages:

# pkgadd -d /net/install_server/package_directory SUNW2jdrt SUNWctmgx SUNWctac

Where install_server is the name of the installation server and package_directory is the name of the directory that you created to hold these additional system-specific packages.

19. Download and install additional patches.

Refer to the Netra CT 820 Server Release Notes (817-2646) for the latest information on the patches available for the Netra CT 820 server. The document can be downloaded from the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/CPU_Boards

Follow the instructions in the "Applying Patches to a Boot Disk" section of the Netra CT 820 Server Release Notes (817-2646) to download and install the patches.

20. After the patches are installed, reboot the CP23000 cPSB board.

An alternative approach for steps Step 15, Step 17, and Step 18 would be to use a post-installation script on the installation server to automatically add these packages. For more information, see the "Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network" chapter in the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide, which is included in the Solaris Media Kit and can be viewed on the Solaris documentation web site:

http://docs.sun.com

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Installing Diskless Clients

The following procedures describes how to create a boot server for diskless clients and how to add new diskless clients to the patched boot server. For additional instructions on installing diskless clients, refer to the Solaris 8 2/02 documentation, which you can find on the http://docs.sun.com web site.

1. Prepare a patched network installation server using the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD and the Solaris 8 2/02 Media Kit software.

Follow the procedures in Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating Environment to create a patched network installation server.

2. Verify that the IP addresses for all other network interfaces on the boot server have corresponding hostnames in the hosts database.

3. Log into the network server as superuser and change directories to the /usr/sadm/bin directory.

# cd /usr/sadm/bin

4. Use the smosservice command to add boot services to the installation server.

# ./smosservice add -u root -p root_password -- -x mediapath=image_directory -x platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x cluster=SUNWCXall -x locale=locale 

Where:

• root_password is the root password for the installation server
• image_directory is the path to the directory where the Solaris 8 install image is stored
• locale is the locale that you want to use

Refer to the smosservice(1M) man page for more information and options.

For example, if the following entries were used for each variable, the command would appear as follows.

• root_password = root_password
• image_directory = /export/install
• locale = en_US

# ./smosservice add -u root -p root_password -- -x mediapath=/export/install -x platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x cluster=SUNWCXall -x locale=en_US

5. Place the Netra CP2300 Installation DVD in the DVD-ROM drive again.

6. Create a usr admin file with the following contents for the SUNWctac package:

• mail=
• instance=unique
• partial=nocheck
• runlevel=nocheck
• idepend=nocheck
• rdepend=nocheck
• space=nocheck
• setuid=nocheck
• conflict=nocheck
• action=nocheck
• basedir=/usr_sparc.all

7. Enter the following command to add the SUNWctac package to the usr area of the boot service.

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -M -R /export/Solaris_8 -d /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0/Netra_Supplement/Netra_ct_Platform_3.0/Product -a path_to_usr_admin_file -n SUNWctac

where path_to_usr_admin_file is the path to the usr admin file that you created in Step 6.

8. Create a root admin file with the following contents for the SUNWctmgx and SUNW2jdrt packages:

• mail=
• instance=unique
• partial=nocheck
• runlevel=nocheck
• idepend=nocheck
• rdepend=nocheck
• space=nocheck
• setuid=nocheck
• conflict=nocheck
• action=nocheck
• basedir=/opt

9. Enter the following command to add the SUNW2jdrt package to the clone area.

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -n -R /export/root/clone/Solaris_8/sun4u -a path_to_root_admin_file -d /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0/Netra_Supplement/Netra_ct_Platform_3.0/Product SUNW2jdrt

where path_to_root_admin_file is the path to the root admin file that you created in Step 8. Answer yes to all questions after entering this command.

10. Enter the following command to add the SUNWctmgx package to the clone area.

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -n -R /export/root/clone/Solaris_8/sun4u -a path_to_root_admin_file -d /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0/Netra_Supplement/Netra_ct_Platform_3.0/Product SUNWctmgx

where path_to_root_admin_file is the path to the root admin file that you created in Step 8. Answer yes to all questions after entering this command.

11. Enter the following commands to copy the SUNW2jdrt package to the template area:

# mkdir /export/root/templates/Solaris_8/SUNW2jdrt_4.1_all

# cd /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0/Netra_Supplement/Netra_ct_Platform_3.0/Product

# tar cvf -  ./SUNW2jdrt | ( cd /export/root/templates/Solaris_8/SUNW2jdrt_4.1_all ; tar xvf - )

12. Enter the following commands to copy the SUNWctmgx package to the template area.

# mkdir /export/root/templates/Solaris_8/SUNWctmgx_1.0,REV=2000.11.22.10.47_sparc.all

# cd /cdrom/multi_icd_sol_8_202_sparc_cs/s0/Netra_Supplement/Netra_ct_Platform_3.0/Product

# tar cvf -  ./SUNWctmgx | ( cd /export/root/templates/Solaris_8/SUNWctmgx_1.0,REV=2000.11.22.10.47_sparc.all ; tar xvf - )

13. Download and install additional patches.

Refer to the Netra CT 820 Server Release Notes (817-2646) for the latest information on the patches available for the Netra CT 820 server. The document can be downloaded from the following web site:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/CPU_Boards

Follow the instructions in the "Applying Patches to a Diskless Service" section of the Netra CT 820 Server Release Notes (817-2646) to download and install the patches.

14. After the patches are installed, follow the procedure in To Add a Diskless Client.

1. Prepare a boot server for the diskless clients.

If you have not yet created a boot server for the diskless clients, follow the steps in To Create a Boot Server For Diskless Clients before continuing with this procedure.

2. Log into the patched boot server as superuser.

3. Collect the following information for the diskless client you are adding:

• the client's IP address
• the client's Ethernet address
• the client's host name

4. Change directories to the /usr/sadm/bin directory.

# cd /usr/sadm/bin

5. Set up the diskless clients.

For each diskless client, type the following command as superuser (root):

# ./smdiskless add -- -i ip_address -e ethernet_address -n host_name -x os=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x root=/export/root/host_name -x swap=/export/swap/host_name -x swapsize=swap_size -x tz=time_zone -x locale=locale -x ns=name_service -x nameserver=name_server

Where:

• ip_address is the client's IP address
• ethernet_address is the client's Ethernet address
• host_name is the client's host name
• swap_size is the size of the swap space that you will be using. The default is 24, however, your swap space should be the same amount as your memory. The maximum is 999.
• time_zone is the client's time zone
• locale is the client's locale
• name_service is the client's nameservice
• name_server is the nameserver's hostname

Refer to the smdiskless(1m) man page for more information and options.

For example, if the following entries were used for each variable, the command would appear as follows.

• ip_address = 129.144.214.999
• ethernet_address = 8:0:20:22:b3:aa
• host_name = client_host
• swap_size = 128
• time_zone = US/Pacific
• locale = en_US
• name_service = NIS
• name_server = nameserver_host:

# ./smdiskless add -- -i 129.144.214.999 -e 8:0:20:22:b3:aa -n client_host -x os=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x root=/export/root/client_host -x swap=/export/swap/client_host -x swapsize=128 -x tz=US/Pacific -x locale=en_US -x ns=NIS -x nameserver=nameserver_host

You have to type your superuser password again after typing this command. The installation process should take roughly 5 minutes per client and about 15-30 minutes for the operating environment service to install; however, no progress is displayed on screen while the process is running. Do not cancel or kill the process until the process has successfully completed.

You should see messages similar to the following after a few moments, confirming that the command went through successfully the second time:

Login to client_host as user root was successful.

Download of com.sun.admin.osservermgr.cli.OsServerMgrCli from client_host was 

successful.

6. Boot the diskless client.

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